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Old 02-29-2012, 05:46 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
I've had good success with Word docs, one for story breakdowns, one for notes (to make cross-referencing easier). I usually carry them on my smartphone, so I can reference them anywhere, open them on my PC through the USB cable, and change them as needed from either device.
I use a similar combination of media: Word documents, written scribbles, and dictated scraps on my smartphone. Usually, I don't generate a whole lot of notes while writing, and most of the ones I do are about characters' back stories. Once I've incorporated a plot idea into the story, then the story itself becomes my repository.

I do tend to compile lots of bookmarks for web sources that contain useful information I need to refer to on a regular basis. My latest book was a novella set in 1863, and I had tons of on-line sources I went back and forth to on a regular basis while writing the story.
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